The Deutsche Bank Festival of the Creative Arts
IT is time for the Eisteddfod again – this week sees the Spring Festival of the Performing Arts take place at the Royal Jersey Showground, Trinity. Jersey is home to a large number of skilled people of all ages, and as many of them as possible areencourage to enter their particular art or craft in […]
Is there honey still for Tea?
The Jersey Beekeeper’s Association is still buzzing after 100 years, says its former chairman, BOB HOGGE NOW part of Genuine Jersey and having recently become a registered charity, the Jersey Beekeepers Association has over 100 members, who between them manage over 400 hives. As JBKA new President, Dr Tim du Feu explained: ‘The disease, American […]
Potential global first for new rural support scheme
Jersey’s new Rural Economic Strategy (RES) 2017-2021 was published on 14 February and could be a world first. The plan proposes changes to the way rural businesses receive financial support from the States. It is expected that all farms receiving financial support from the States will be part of the Leaf Global Standard within three […]
• First water quality tests in 2017 similar to 2016
THE first water quality tests for the 2017 growing season show that levels of pesticides in untreated water are similar to those recorded last year. Oxadixyl, last used in 2003, was detected in 2016 throughout Jersey’s untreated water sources. Recent monitoring has also picked up azoxystrobin, metribuzin and glyphosate. Testing of water continues all year […]
• Avian flu risk is ‘low but uncertain’ and current measures remain in place
THE risk of an outbreak of avian influenza (also known as avian flu or bird flu) remains low but uncertain, and the States Veterinary Officer is advising no change to the current measures in place. As in low risk areas in England, the recommendation remains to minimise contact between domestic poultry and wild birds. Where […]
Jersey’s links with France strengthened by attendance at International Agricultural Show in Paris
Jersey and Normandy will once again work together at the Paris International Agricultural Show (Salon International de l’Agriculture) that runs between 26 February and 5 March 2017. The event is one of the world’s largest and most important agricultural shows. It attracts almost 700,000 people, including senior politicians. The minister for Economic Development, Tourism, […]
Minister bans Linuron pesticide
Jersey’s minister for the environment has ordered an immediate ban on the sale and distribution of the chemical weed killer Linuron Deputy Steve Luce has signed a Ministerial Decision that immediately revokes the sale and distribution in Jersey of all plant protection products containing the active ingredient Linuron. Linuron is used to control weeds and […]
Bass management measures come into force
MEASURES to add further protection to Jersey’s bass stocks have come into force following approval by the Minister for the Environment, Deputy Steve Luce. These changes are the latest in a series of measures introduced in recent years to conserve the bass fishery. They take into account new information from the EU Fisheries Council and […]
NEW ISSUE OF RURAL DUE OUT, WEEK BEGINNING 5 FEBRUARY 2017
THE new issue of RURAL magazine is due back from the printers at the beginning of the week starting 6 February. Throughout the rest of the week it will be distributed, first, to our postal subscribers and then around the Island: shops, rural businesses, government departments, agricultural associations, social and sporting clubs, hotels, restaurants, tearooms […]
Jersey Poultry and Ornithological Society
THE Winter Show of TheJersey Poultry and Ornithological Society is taking place at the Royal Jersey Showground, Trinity on Saturday 30 January. It will be open from 10am to 4pm and will include a variety of classes for rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry, ducks, budgies, foreign birds, pigeons etc. It is a real treat […]